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The album cover is a definite blip for a lady whose artwork is (usually) always second to none.

Atomic Kitten - TTIH..... the aural equivalent of bile.

I know what you mean about the singles - I genuinely can't think of a greater batch of pop singles in quite a few years - and not one of them has been a serious hit...... I see they're re-releasing Wonderful Life..... although I can't see it doing much again. 'Happiness' is a solid, brilliant and astonishing debut. I definitely thought it would have at least been nominated, and wouldn't have been surprised if it had won...... that it's been ignored is just.... WTF?! :o Oh and Wild Beasts - it's a beautiful album - how their previous album was nominated and not this one is very odd.... this is by FAR their greatest work, but looking at the nomiations, they really don't reflect what a great year it was for Brit music apart from PJ and Metronomy.... :( Every year the Mercury lessens in credibility and importance...... the nominations have barely been mentioned in today's press. Looking at this lacklustre list, it's not hard to see why.

Metronomy or PJ Harvey - easily. I'm shocked and seriously disappointed at no HURTS or Wild Beasts - two of the finest albums of the past year no question :(

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actually, there's promos featuring snippets of the album doing the rounds at the moment - as a fan you'd surely have one or have heard of these....? All I can say is - all the tracks featured (inc. Waves)... the originals are, of course, 100% better.

FULLY agree.

I was shocked at Kate Bush, too... also, no sign of Alison Moyet or Sade?

Agreed - and a completely misguided first single from one of her finest albums (first single should've been Sunset, Nocturne or How To Be Invisible) :(

Atomic Kitten - Tide Is High - if Debbie Harry were dead, she'd be turning in her grave at this ghastly cover..... (even though the Blondie song was a cover itself.... orig. by John Holt... doubt any one of Chronic Kitten knew that, mind, bless 'em)

Soft Cell - Tainted Love Blondie - The Tide Is High ABBA - I Have a Dream ABBA - Dancing Queen The Human League - Louise REM - Shiny Happy People B-52s - Love Shack Yazoo - Nobody's Diary Depeche Mode - The Meaning Of Love Depeche Mode - Love In Itself Kate Bush - Rubberband Girl Kate Bush - King of the Mountain Alison Moyet - Invisible Alison Moyet - That Ole Devil Called Love Jesus Loves You - Bow Down Mister David Bowie - Blue Jean Morrissey - You're The One For Me Fatty Morrissey - Ouija Board Ouija Board

well deserved winner, Jark - lovely work..... http://i293.photobucket.com/albums/mm76/blissfulignorance_2008/thehorrorscopy.jpg

Has to be Westlife... although, Atomic Kitten's 'Tide Is High' is definitely the worst cover version of all time.

Portishead - 3 Kate Bush - Aerial Massive Attack - Heligoland Tracey Thorn - Out Of The Woods (a massively underrated album) Roisin Murphy - Overpowered Basement Jaxx - Kish Kash Groove Armada - Vertigo (don't think this was nominated anyway)

I absolutely agree - English Riviera is a truly great album..... it's tying with PJ Harvey as my album of the year so far. I agree about Everything Everything - to a point..... I really like some of the singles (Final Form is pehnomenal)...but too much of their album is filler, I think. And his voice can definitely great after a while. James Blake, again - a lot of his album is self indulgent noodly tunelessness.... and some of it - absolute genius. Wild Beasts should definitely get a nod, too - Smother is fabulous.

This year's list must surely include PJ Harvey, HURTS, Metronomy, Adele.... I'd be very surprised to see Kate Bush on the final list - 'Director's Cut' is a definite career lowpoint....

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That's a real shame about Blondie - on the whole, it's a really great album.....

There's some stinkers on there - but Scooter has to be the most vomit inducing...

I'd look at tATu's history if I were you - they are ABSOLUTELY manufactured.... by the same guy who wanted them to promote the faux-lesbian nonsense to try to get press coverage and the get the attention of the straight male (p****) audience. Whilst Girls Aloud are monumentally dreadful and wholly manufactured - we have to be honest and say that, yep, BOTH the final top 2 are from bands who were 'created' from scratch and who couldn't construct a song on their own if their lives depended on it. And whilst I kind of agree we are supposedly voting on the best song (strange that the far-and-away best song, Beyonce, disappeared a few rounds ago - the ONLY true classic on this while sorry list), a song by a manufactured pop act is far less valid than a track by a band who actually WROTE it themselves. It's a pitiful final two - but All the Things She Said is soooo much better. But in honesty, it is like saying $h!t's better than diarrhoaea.

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Girls Aloud to go - manufactured pap pop.... naff.

I agree - Val and Charity are FABULOUS characters, and great actresses, too.

In Da Club for sure - defiinitely not the other 2 you mentioned. And I think this is the weakest top 3 we've had in any of these rounds so far.

HMV.com have signed copies of this CD for £6.99.... well worth checking out. We played it on the way back from Plymouth in the car last week - everyone agreed - it's a fantastic album. Not a duff track in sight.